Work & commute · Waterford

Work & commute in Waterford, PA

Most working residents leave Waterford for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Erie (25%), Millcreek (13%) and Summit (8%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

49 of 601 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 552 Waterford residents head out of town to work, 49 work right here, and 801 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Waterford.

552live here, work elsewhere

49live and work here

801work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Waterford goes to work

Erie12.7 mi away

25%152

Millcreek11.8 mi away

13%76

Summit7.6 mi away

8%50

Waterford (in town)right here

8%49

Waterford0.9 mi away

6%38

Lawrence Park14.3 mi away

3%18

Edinboro8.6 mi away

3%17

Corry18.1 mi away

2%13

Pittsburgh104 mi away

2%12

Fairview14.1 mi away

2%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%164

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Waterford commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

32%

53%

13%

32%Under 10 mi

53%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Waterford is balanced between jobs and homes

1.41jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.41 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Waterford are

850 jobs are based in Waterford. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Waterford’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Waterford

850 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Waterford residents hold

601 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+4%

Jobs based in Waterford, 2013 → 2023: 818 → 850. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.